Monique began her career in Geriatrics when she was in college and sat with patients as a companion for a home health company. After college she returned to the Monterey Peninsula and took a position as a social worker in a skilled nursing home. Her passion for the elderly continued as she pursued her Master's degree is Clinical Psychology and went to work in hospice, home care, acute care and then spent 15 years in practice as a Private Geriatric Care Manager. She has been advising adult children from all over the country and working with companies that provide eldercare services for their employees since 1997.

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